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Dear Fellow Traders, By day I work as a principal of a Catholic High School. Each year I work with our econ classes to teach a unit on futures trading. The unit culminates with a creation of our own mock futures pit. We broadcast our pit live via the web on ustream.tv. and the...

i usually do 1 by 1 on all my calendar option spreads. very rarely do I do them as a ratio. Since i primarily sell volatility I just keep rolling them forward as the first month deteriorates as long as the fundamentals are still favorable.

nothing on right now in juice. have tried to work a couple of calendar put spreads with the sell off to no avail. In general i sell premium and hedge it buy buying a near month option and selling one with more time decay. unable today trying to buy jan 85 puts and sell march 80 puts at a...

I've traded some juice options with mixed results. you'll get pretty wide bid ask spreads on option spreads but i've had good luck getting them filled if you let them dangle for a day or two.

INFINITY with their platforms supports both KCBOT wheat and MGX. I am very happy with the service, commissions and overall product of what I get. I'd highly recommend them. The platform supports access to these markets as well. If you do any options they are also great at quick b/a...

good volume in the electronic with the grains. I go through infinity futures self directed accounts. I use the onyx platform. It's very simple and i'm happy with the service. You can do pit traded through them as well if you like but the commissions are lower for the electronic markets.

Most agricultural options will remain pit trading for the coming few years. The majority of floor traders in options make their living as delta neutral arbitrage traders. They are willing to make markets on many strikes of various months and then hedge these trades immediately in the futures...

I've traded some canola. I go through RCG and this was about a month or two ago but even though the Canola is electronic the program had an error on how it figured p and l. Personally i wish there was more liquidity in canola options so they could be used to hedge off some of my soy complex...

Do you know of any US futures firms who can offer electronic trading on the Dhalia corn contracts? I'd be interested.

A few limit move days in the summer is always normal for August with the bean and corn futures. Corn has technical support up to 624 a bushel. With a breakthrough at that price good call selling opportunities should take place with the $10 and $11 dollar strikes in dec.

I've found that some of the overnight counter trend position has to with option traders needing to hedge prior to the start of the next day. Most pit traders who trade options try to trade with delta neutral arbitrage strategies. If i buy a 50 lot of calls on the close with a delta of .5 i...

An interesting side note since the ethanol mandates is the coorelation between corn and crude that has developed because of the food as energy policies. I wonder is much of the disruption in the traditional wheat and corn spread mentioned elsewhere in the forums has its culprit with ethanol?

amen to that

i think if you stick to 7 cents a month that is the usual average. Spreads can go inverted in an unlimited amount but playing them to full carry can be a consistent strategy. Last year i had a nice trade playing march may beans to full carry while selling options against them to collect...

if you are looking at spreads i've heard some argue the normal spread for 30 days in beans, corn, wheat should be around 7 cents. so for example a sep - dec wheat spread at full carry would be in the range of 21 cents. I defer however to those more informed on the cash side.

i believe it varies depending upon locale and interest rates at the time. r u thinking of taking delivery?

how big is the correlation between sugar and crude prices. I know in parts they use it for ethanol but how strong has this relationship been historically?

as a former clerk in the grain options for a local trading outfit a note to option traders: if you want the best markets in terms of narrow b/a spreads don't send your orders in around lunch time if daily volume is rather low. Many of the locals head out for lunch and the fewere traders in...

if you look at the sell off in option premiums the volatility in the market seems rather sluggish. With a good size crop underway in India and the nice weather for the US spring wheat harvest i don't think there is too much upside potential left. My short call spreads are all but...